Natural and many human-made
sources generate electromagnetic energy in the form of
electromagnetic waves. These waves consist of oscillating electric
and magnetic fields which interact differently with biological
systems such as cells, plants, animals, or human beings.

Current research indicates a
variance of opinions and research coming from different people.
For the most part, people claim that EMF radiation is an
environmental hazard and is a concern for everyone, for it is
often linked to cancer related syndromes and leukemia. Other
research has said that this is misleading and although EMF does
affect people, (through the human's natural melatonin) the impact
is not very great . There is great controversy on EMF and its
effects on humans.

In order to better understand these
interactions, we can perform experiments to test the effects of
electromagnetic fields on plants and animals.

Project
description:
In this project you will investigate the effect of electromagnetic
fields on plants. Material and equipment for the experiment can be found
at home or obtained locally. You need to have 6 to 8 weeks for your
experiments. You may optionally use an EMF tester (shown above) in your
experiments.

Details
of this project
More details or support for this project is available for the
members of ScienceProject.com web site. Material
needed for experiment or a science kit about this title may be
available at MiniScience.com.